Games

No Details [australia]: Self Published By Author. No publication date [c.1999]. 184pp., intext colour plates, diagramatic examples and b/w tables throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Gloss pictorial card wrapper lightly splayed and bumped on foredge corners, otherwise fine. The author, a gambler/mathematician of long standing, offers strategies to maximise your chances of winning . . . Contents, sub-chaptered, include: Blackjack, Crown pontoon, Poker, More casino games, Poker machines, Racing and sports betting, Gambling systems and the law of averages, Lotteries, More gambling in Australia, Recommendations, Questions and Answers, Appendices [11]. Book weight approx. 600g.. First Edition. Large Format Softcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Australia: Privately Published. No publication date [ c.late 1990's], 184pp., colour and b/w illustrations and charts throughout. Book clean, square and tight. Leaves unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has miniscule corner bumps, else very good. The author, a mathematician and gambler, explains how to maximise your chances of winning at a variety of gambling genres. Contents, detailed, include: Blackjack, Pontoon, Poker, Casino games, Poker machines, Racing and sports betting, Gambling systems and the law of averages, Lotteries, Recommendations, Questions and answers. Book weight approx. 580g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Stiff Card Paperback. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Everleigh Nash & Grayson, 1929. 223pp., several intext, instructional diagrams. Book clean and square. Bright gilt titles over mildly striated flexible dark blue covers. Minor specks and fingermarks on random leaves. First published in 1921, contents of this 1929 edition include: Prelims., 17 chapters, Complete code of the new and revised laws of auction bridge, Laws of Contract Bridge, Scoring Table, Index. Book weight approx. 200g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. 8th Impression. Hardcover (Flexible boards). Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Dover Publictions, 1974. xxiv, + 448pp., plus (iv). Instructional, intext line-drawings throughout. Book clean and square. Firm Dover binding. Leaves pristine. Art-illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and edgeworn, with noticable colour change on spine. "In this definitive work on card technique, step-by-step instructions teach you the correct methods for the basic manipulations and the more advanced flourishes, and only then allow you to learn tricks . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Nomenclature, 6 chaptered 'parts', viz: Sleights, Flourishes, Technique, Tricks with Cards, One Hand Card Magic, Misdirection and Preservation. Book weight approx. 495g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Later Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: G.Bell & Sons. No publication date (c. 1945). iv, + 76pp., illustrated throughout with game positions. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Original green cloth mildly faded on head and foot. Backstrip lightly bumped on head and heel. Original 'seller's' stamp on ffep., otherwise trivial flecks on textblock edges. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, plus nipped on head and heel of spine, U.V. affected (sunned) on same. Originally published in 1938. This undated fourth edition published immediate post WW2. It covers three components of chess, namely: From the Opening, From the Middle-Game, From the End-Game. Includes Preface and Index of Players. Book weight approx. 120g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . 4th Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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